How basketball changed my life. There are a lot of sports in the world that people love‚ but for me the sport that excites me the most is the beauty of watching a basketball swish through the net. Basketball has been my favorite sport ever since I was a baby. Basketball has help me in life and also made me a more successful person on and off the basketball court. First off‚ my dad would always say the word “Work ethic”‚ when he would talk basketball to me. My dad would say “you got to have work ethic
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My Dream of a College Degree Lynn McBride ENG 121 Janelle Garcia 2/17/2013 Outline 1. Reasons why I returned to school A. Inspiration for my children 1. Education is to be valued 2. Envisioning a successful future B. Importance 1. Becoming all you can be 2. Job Competition C. Extend my knowledge D. Love to learn E. To further my career 2. Motivations A. Better life for my family B. Promotions at my job C. Pride in accomplishment
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Life of a College Student Many people seem to believe that college students have it really easy. When I was in high school‚ I couldn’t wait until I graduated. Everyone always told me that college was so much fun‚ and it was so much easier than high school. I dreamed of the college life that I would have. I have realized‚ with this being my first year in college‚ that the life of a college student is a very difficult challenge. I never imagined just how hard it would be. Dropout rates are
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How Starbucks Saved My Life In the novel‚ How Starbucks Saved My Life‚ the author illustrates the negative side effects of being prejudice‚ and exposes the idea of being respectful and open towards different classes of people‚ to reveal a rewarding outcome. The main character‚ Michael Gill Gates discover this when an African-American Starbuck’s manager‚ Crystal‚ offer Michael a career in Starbucks. "I purposely would not even glance at people from different races‚ classes‚ or backgrounds..When
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of basketball. My love for the game‚ along as myself as a person‚ has grown and gone through a lot of change since my first time touching a basketball over ten years ago. Basketball in my life has possibly changed more in the past year than the rest of my life combined‚ which has allowed me to learn more about myself‚ both on and off the court. All my life I have excelled at 2 sports‚ basketball and soccer. I have always put basketball on a pedestal above soccer‚ both because of my talent for the
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Running Head: Effects of College Life on Students 1 Effects of College Life on Students Jeremy Hammock English 102 Nevada State College-related Running Head: Effects of College Life on Students 2 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to give an explanatory synthesis to the 2007 article “
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As the end of my high school career is coming to an end I am glad to say that one thing has not changed about me at all and my passion for it has actually grew since the beginning of high school. Fishing is an amazing outdoor sport and activity. Fishing has been in my life for as long as I could remember and I loved that my dad is the one to introduce it to me. It is a sport that is a stress reliever especially for me and it is relaxing and when the fishing is good it’s so much fun to do. There are
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My voice is no longer silent‚ it is heard through the strokes of a paintbrush. My story is revealed piece by piece. My adversity is now creative growth. Expressing who I am has been a challenge for a long time. The people who I surround myself around see glimpses‚ never the full picture. I am an abstract individual‚ why you wonder‚ because it’s how I grew up. As well as having an amazing support system. Also because I experienced so much in a short amount of time. Furthermore‚ I kept trusting in
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When the ball hit the court‚ that’s when I knew. Our season was over. I looked at my coach’s face and he had a look‚ not of dissapointment‚ but of pride. Volleyball had completely changed my life in showing me the type of person I am‚ a leader. Volleyball began as a backup sport for me. I didn’t make the soccer team my freshmen year so I tried out for the next best option. My first year I was placed on junior varsity as a hitter. I didn’t get a lot of playtime‚ but on the bench I could see the
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College is the reward for my suffering from primary to secondary school. It is basically what my education has been building up to. My family and I came to the United States for better education and financial life. Going to college means getting a career that provides me with my economic and social needs so that I would not live in poverty. My top three choices for college are Southern Methodist University‚ Baylor‚ and the University of Houston. I picked theses colleges based on major‚ tuition (room
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